Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
NASOnce you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
More Nas Quotes
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
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I’m smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I’m smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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I don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
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I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it’s a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers – whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there’s nothing wrong with that.
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